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BUTTON.

No. 350,042. Patented Sept. 28, 1886.

INVENTOR Thomas W. Q/ook WITNESSES:

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UNITED STATES THOMAS WV G. COOK, OF NE\V YORK, N. Y.

' BUTTON.

:.--LCIPICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 350,042, dated September 28, 1886.

Application filed March 18, 1886. Serial No. 195,721.

To all whom it may concern.-

. Be it known that I, THOMAS W. G. COOK, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in But-tons, of which the following is a specification.

My improvement relates to an improved fastening for gloves, stays, boots, and other articles, the object being to provide a secure fastening, which may be readily attached to the desired article, and which may be easily fastened and unt'astencd.

The peculiar and novel construction of my button is pointed out in the following specilication and claims, and illustrated in the accom panying drawings, in which-- Figure l is a View of my button attached to a glove. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same on a larger scale. Fig. 3 is a section on the line 00 m, Fig. 5. Fig. 4 is a section on the line 313 Fig. 5, when the spring is removed. Fig. 5 is a section on the line 2 2, looking in the direction of the arrow. Fig. 6 is the blank from which my button is formed.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

In the drawings, the letter A designates the shell of my button, from the central solid portion of which extend a series of attaching-rim gers, a, and ex pansible and contraetiblespringlingers b. In the example shown in the drawings two attaching fingers, a, provided with extensions c, are shown. These extensions are bent to form offsets or shoulders d, and are then passed through springs in thesupporting-plate B, so that the shoulders d rest thereon when the protruding portion is bent over said supporting-plate and clinched, thereby firmly securing the shell A to the supporting-plate B. The supporting-plate B may be provided with spurs for fastening to the article upon which the button is to be secured; or it may be sewed or riveted on the same. If desired, more than two attaching-fingers a may be formed on the shell, and the button be i'astened to the article directly without the use of a supporting-plate; but I prefer the first-described method. The shell is, by preference, formed of a truncated spherical shape, that portion adjacent to the l'asteningplate being of a smaller diameter than the center, so that the latter will form a (No model.)

shoulder and prevent the eyelet C from slipping up after it has been passed over-the button. The spring-fingers b of the button are free at their lower ends, and have sufficient elasticity to permit their being compressed, as the eyelet,which has a slightly smaller opening than the diameter of the shell, is passed over the same, when they will return to their normal position and prevent the accidental slipping off of the eyelet. v

To add to the strength and elasticity of the spring-fingers b, I place in the interior of the shell A one or more springs, D, so arranged as to distend the spring'fingers b when at rest, while at the same time permitting the compression necessary for the passage of the eyelet.

The button, formed as show u and described, comprises a spherical or approximately spherical head having a solid central top and bowshaped spring-fingers, which are radially expansible and contractible, and bow-shaped fingers having extensions for attaching the button to the article or to a base-plate, and also an interior spring for strengthening and contributing to the elasticity of the spring fingers.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. A button consisting of the shell A, having a series of fingers, a, for attaching it to an article or base-plate, and intermediate said attaching-fingers provided with a series of expansible and contractible spring-fingers, b, the extremities of which are free or unattached, substantially as described.

2. A button consisting of the shell A, formed integral with a solid central top, curved attaching-fingers a, expansible and contractible spring-ringers 1), intermediate the attaching fingers and free or unattached at their extremities, and an interior spring, D, for distending the spring-fingers, substantially as described.

3. The combination, with the supportingplate B, of the button-head consisting of the shell A, having the curved fingers a, secured to the plate, and intermediate said attachingfingers provided with expansible and contractible spring-fingers Z), free or unattached at their extremities, substantially as described.

4:. A button comprising a spherical head formed integral with a central solid top, bowshaped attaching-fingers a, for securing the button, a series of bow-shaped expansible and contractible spring-fingers, b, having free or unattached extremities, and an interior spring, 5 D, for distending the spring-fingers, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. r THOMAS W. G. COOK. [L. s] Witnesses:

W. HAUFF, OTTO HUFELAND. 

